Industrial Revoltuion Flashcards
How were products made in the North COlonial times?
handmade tools
Where did people live in the North Colonial times?
Homes/shops
Where did people live before the 1800s?
Farms- middle and southern colonies
then Ohio River Valley
What was the Industrial Revolution?
1700s Great Britain- change from using hand tools in home/shops to mills.factories wl workers using machines
When was the Industrial Revolution of the U.S?
1800s in New England
Benefits and disadvantage of New England Region?
- plenteful rivers w/ch provided waterpower
- many ports for trading goods
- cities grew up around mills/factories
- mills were built by rivers (factories too)
- rocky soil = can’t farm
Define Patent:
legal document gives an inventor sole rights to an invention and money from it
What did Samuel Slator do, build, and why is it significant?
- memorized British machine plans and brought them to Rhode Island 1793 - U.S
- built 1st cotton textile mill in the U.S
What did Francis Cabot Lowell do?
- Built Lowell textile factory in Lowell Mass.
- Instituted the factory system
Define factory system:
all manufactoring steps were in one place to increase efficiency
What is the cotton gin?
easily removed seeds from picked cotton = increase of cotton production
What are interchangeable parts?
replacing old parts with new identical parts which made things easier and faster or more efficient
What is Capitalism?
- U.S capitalist economic system which helped expand industrial growth
- Capitalism is the economic system of the U.S
Define Urban & Rural:
urban=city & rural=country
Starting from 1800s and ending in 1840s, where did people live?
Rural areas
